Acholiland

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Acholiland

Acholiland or "Acholi-land" (also known as Acholi sub-region) is an inexact term that refers to the region traditionally inhabited by the Acholi ethnic group in northern Uganda

Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. It is composed of the present-day Ugandan districts

Districts of Uganda

Uganda is divided into 80 districts across four administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns....
of Gulu

Gulu District

Gulu is a Districts of Uganda in northern Uganda, taking its name from its commercial centre, the town of Gulu. It is one of three districts forming the historical homeland of the Acholi people ethnic group, also known as Acholiland....
, Kitgum, and Pader

Pader District

Pader is a Districts of Uganda in northern Uganda with a population of 325,885 . It is a new district, having been carved out of the counties of Aruu and Agago formerly in Kitgum District in December 2001....
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Acholiland or "Acholi-land" (also known as Acholi sub-region) is an inexact term that refers to the region traditionally inhabited by the Acholi ethnic group in northern Uganda

Uganda

Districts of Uganda

Uganda is divided into 80 districts across four administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns....
of Gulu

Gulu District

Pader District

Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
border, they are often excluded from the political meaning of the term. Since 1987, an insurgency carried out by the Lord's Resistance Army

Lord's Resistance Army

The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is a guerilla campaign waged since 1987 by the sectarian Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, operating mainly in northern Uganda, but also in South Sudan and eastern DR Congo....
has ravaged Acholiland and bordering districts.